Evening roundupSunday's key coronavirus developments in Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 570 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday, with three additional deaths registered.

• A crowd of twenty people gathered in Luxembourg City yesterday to protest coronavirus regulations.

• Luxembourg has passed Belgium as the country with the second-highest coronavirus incidence rate in Europe.

• The situation in hospitals is still tense this weekend, according to Dr Claude Schummer, Director General of the Robert Schuman Hospitals.

• Luxembourg’s opposition parties have been critical of the government’s coronavirus strategy.

• Restaurants remain open in the Grand-Duchy and have been attracting many Belgians who don’t want to miss out on eating out.

• The new Covid-19 test centre beside the National Laboratory in Dudelange officially started operating on Friday.

And from abroad

• [block type="summary”]The novel coronavirus has killed at least 1,250,879 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, while cases have topped 50 million.

  • Britain fell silent on Sunday in tribute to its war dead as royals and politicians observed a low-key Remembrance Day without the usual solemn pageantry, owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Bitcoin’s rally above $15,000 has reignited debate over whether the cryptocurrency is so-called digital gold or a perilously risky bet as investors grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.

  • President-elect Joe Biden vowed Saturday immediate action to contain the United States’ coronavirus crisis, signalling science would dominate the national response once Donald Trump leaves the White House.

  • Coronavirus transmission from minks to humans does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are on their guard in the wake of an astounding announcement from Denmark.